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Originally Posted by identity
"But we can truly see why Namie is back in the limelight: her songs are not Americanized."
You lost me there. The reason I don't like a lot of Namie's new music is because it's wayy too americanized. I still don't think ayu's music is very americanized at all, and that's why I love it.
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Hahah, you lost me too. but I disagree on ayu as well, I think her songs have some american flavor, and I honestly don't see why it's a bad thing.
I read your whole post, I thought you had a very strong
opinion, and I respect that.
Lemme say this, the reason I personally feel that her sales are low is because
she's diluted the quality of her albums with the frequency of her releases. I'm not saying her albums suck, Rock'n'Roll Circus and NEXT LEVEL are good, but let's take Namie Amuro, again her album release are more sporadic, therefore an album release by her is big deal as it's a more coveted event, a more exciting release. Utada Hikaru also, her albums feel like major pieces of work due to the time the audience presumes were spent in the making. Even if that isn't the case, time between albums really can enrich the experience, making the album more powerful (and marketable!)
Where as it's kinda hard to be excited about an ayumi hamasaki album 'cuz ***** releases one every year
